Rage Update and A Secret

Almost finished reading RAGE (for only the second time). Look for my essay sometime this weekend or early next week.

A couple weeks ago, I admitted to a reader via Twitter that there are TWO Stephen King books I have never read…and ever since, folks have been busy trying to guess those two titles. No one has gotten the correct answers as of yet. If you all would like to make your own guesses in the COMMENTS section below, please feel free.

I will even hand out some prizes if anyone correctly guesses both titles (but not until I post my essay for the first of the two books; I want it to remain a surprise until that time).

Hmm…My guess would be:
1) Storm of the Century (because it is more of a screenplay & came out during a busy publishing year for SK)
2) Eyes of the Dragon (because it was geared towards a younger audience than any other SK book & again came out during a rather busy year for SK)

my best guess for the two books Mr Chizmar has not read by Stephen King are: MY PRETTY PONY and NIGHTMARES IN THE SKY because he is a constant reader like myself, and those two never quite fit. dying to find out what they are by the way, but thats my best guess!

Just a note about REVIVAL. Many others have suggested that one, you know, because of its recency. But do you also know that CEMETERY DANCE provided a slip-cased edition? I am fairly certain that Mr. Chizmar had been provided a reading copy before-hand.

Knowing what an avid SK fan Richard seems to be I think the two books he hasn’t yet read are the two to be released in 2015! That would be “Finders Keepers” and “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams”!! Hope I’m correct!

Since Richard’s a writer, I’m guessing he’s read all the ones about writing (Danse Macabre, On Writing, Secret Windows), and being a guy, he’s probably read Faithful. So, I think the two he hasn’t read are Running Man and Creepshow because both were movies when he was a young man.

Already guessed this on Twitter yesterday, but just realized you wanted em on here so they’d all be in one place! My first guess was incorrect but my second guess was Eyes of the Dragon and The Dark Half.

Hi Guys,
I’ve come across a bit of a mystery that I’m hoping you can help with.

While rereading Rage, I came across a phrase SK uses that I noticed I had read before in Joyland & Revival.

Up where “the air is rare”

Thinking it was a wee bit strange to use such an odd phrase in 3 different books…
I looked farther and found it also to be in:
The Shining
The Running Man
BlackHouse
Faithful
&
GhostBrothers of Darkland County

I’ve noticed some other favorite phrases “bitch and a buzz saw”(Dreamcatcher), “bowels went loose: or” became loose”(11/22/63 and others), “smell or taste of copper, metal,ozone” (too many too mention) and “worrying a loose of missing tooth with his /her tongue”. It is one of the reasons I love King’s work voice. It has a strong personality, that rewards you and lets you get to know some of his personal verbal penchants.

Seeing as how he said “I’ve never read”, seems to indicate the past. So I’m thinking they are older books. The Plant, really wouldn’t be a surprise since to the best of my knowledge it has never seen print, and it isn’t finished is it? I did notice that My Pretty Pony was left off of the list provided so… I am going to assume that anything put out by CD he’s read. Dunno, it’s a stumper.

I would like to guess Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower, and I’m going with them because I can’t imagine someone skipping over two of the others to read the end. This would also allow for reading Wind Through the Keyhole since it doesn’t ruin anything and falls between 4 and 5.

My first guess was Danse Macabre (as it is one of the two I haven’t read); but given your role in the industry (publisher, author etc) and the fact that it was released in the early 1980s before your career took off, I bet you read it with some interest. How about Cell and Dreamcatcher? Both came out in years when King released other novels within months and in years when you were very busy with Cemetary Dance anthologies.